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They also mention a more recent rogue doctor, shamed Solihull surgeon Ian Paterson , last month jailed for 15 years for wounding with intent. The jury heard he had a God Complex and carried out unnecessary mastectomies on patients after inventing their risk of cancer.

Dial Medicine for Murder compares the background, arrest, trial, legacy and psychopathology of Shipman and Adams interspersed with film footage and news items.

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John Bodkin Adams worked as a GP in Eastbourne in the 1940s and 50s, when more than 160 of his patients died in suspicious circumstances, with 132 leaving him something in their will.

Amazingly, he was acquitted of the murder of one patient and another count of murder was withdrawn by the prosecution in what was later described as “an abuse of process” by the judge, causing questions to be asked in Parliament.

Dr Harry Brunjes and Dr Andrew Johns first met as medical students at Guys Hospital. The former went into a career in general medicine and the latter in forensic psychiatry, giving evidence at the Harold Shipman enquiry.

Dr Andrew Johns and Dr Harry Brunjes

Dr Brunjes says of the show: “We examine the victims’ stories, the national scandals, legal trials, why one doctor was acquitted and the other convicted, and ultimately ask if it could happen again.

“We invite the audience to question us and there has been astonishing and fascinating debate on each occasion.”